Watering-cart



H. E. FAiRMAN.

WATERING CART.

(No Model.)

No. 495,792. Patented Apr. 18,1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE;

HARRY E. FAIRMAN, OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA.

WATERlNG-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,792, dated April18, 1893.

Application filed May 20, 1892' Serial No. 133,760. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY E. FAIRMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bakersfield, Kern county, State of California, have inventedan Improvementin Watering- Oarts; and I hereby declare the following tobe a full,-clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to the general class of watering carts, especiallyadapted for the sprinkling of country roads.

My invention consists essentially in the combination of atravelingwheeled structure,

a pump carried thereby and having its suc-- tion in communication withan extraneous, continuous body of Water, such as in a ditch alongside ofthe road, discharges from said pump to deliver the water upon theroad,and power transmitting connections between the wheeled structureand the pump whereby the latter is operated by power derived from thetraction of the former.

It also consists in various details of arrangement and constructionwhich I shall hereinafter fully describe and specifically point out inthe claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a watering-cart adapted totravel along a road beside a ditch, and having means connected with itfor taking the water from said ditch and discharging it upon the road.

Referring to the accompanying drawing for a more complete explanation ofmy invention,-the figure is a perspective View of my invention.

A represents the axles, and A the wheels of a traveling structure. Theframe-work of this structure may be of any suitable character adapted tocarry a pumping apparatus, the discharge therefrom, and the powertransmitting connections from its wheels to operate said apparatus. Inthe present case I have shown supported upon this structure a tank Bacting as a reservoir for water. At the forward end of this tank is across-beam C, to the end of which is connected a pumping apparatus ofany suitable character, here shown as a common water elevator, of whichD is the casing and d the endless series of buckets. The lower end ofthe casing D enters a ditch E alongside of the road F on which thedevice travels, and the buckets d are adapted to pass down into theditch, and to raise the water up therefrom and deliver it to a spout Gwhich communicates with the tank B.

The buckets of the pumping apparatus are operated by means of a top drumI on a shaft J, said shaft being connected with a main shaft K carryinga chain wheel L from which a chain Z extends rearwardly to a chain wheelZ on a shaft M which carries a second chain wheel m from which a chain mextends downwardly to a main chain wheel N on one of the wheels of themachine. These devices represent any suitable form of transmittingconnections to operate the pump by power derived from the travel of thewheeled structure.

In order to allow for the variations from a straight line in the travelof the wheeled structure, or in the course of .the ditch, the pumpingapparatus is suspended by suitable flexible connections which allow itto remain in the ditch notwithstanding these variations. In the presentcase I have shown the casing of the pump as suspended from thecross-beam O by means of an eye-bolt O, slipped into a slot 0 in thebeam end, and a bail o embracing and pivoted to the top of the casing,and connected with the eye-bolt. This will permit the pump casing tomove in and out, or up and down as may be required. To pro vide for thismovement in the power transmitting connections, I make a universal jointat P, in the shaft J, and I connect said shaft with the main shaft K bya square socket or hub Q.

Issuing from the rear end of the tank B is the discharge pipe R, towhich are attached a number of flexible pipes 1" having dischargenozzles or sprinklers 'r and all connected together by a brace rod 9*.These discharge pipes are all supported by a frame-work or rods S fromthe end of a swinging lever T.

mounted upon the top of the tank.

The operation of the device is as follows: In moving along beside theditch, the lower end of the pumping apparatus travels in the water ofthe ditch. The movement of the wheeled structure transmits the tractionpower of its wheels, through the connections described, to operate thepump, and the Water from the ditch is thereby raised and deliveredintothe tank from which it issues through the discharge devices. As theVehicle must travel near the side of the ditch, it is necessary in orderto sprinkle the center of the road to throw the discharge pipes r as faras possible toward the middle of the road. This is done by the swinginglever T. Now, when the watering-cart is to be turned around to returnover its course, the pump is slipped off the end of the cross-beam O,the shaft J being released from the square socketed hub Q, and said pumpand shaft are transferred to the other side where the former issuspended from the other end of the cross-beam, and its shaft isconnected with the other end of the main shaft K in the same manner. Itis obvious that the Water thus raised by the pump may, in many cases, bedelivered upon the read directly instead of passing through the tank;but the advantage of the tank is that it acts as a reservoir to carryenough water for portions of the road which separate from the ditch, sothat in making detours, it is still possible to have Water to sprinklesuch portions of the road.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A watering-cart consisting of the combination of a traveling wheeledstructure, a pump carried thereby and having its inlet arranged toremain in communication with an extraneous body of water, dischargescarried by the wheeled structure to receive and deliver the water raisedby the pump and power devices operated by the travel of the structure tooperate the pump, substantially as herein described.

2. A Watering-cart consisting of the combination of a traveling wheeledstructure, a pump carried thereby and having its inlet arranged toremain in constant communication with an extraneous .body ofwater,discharges carried by the wheeled structure to receive and deliverthe water raised by the pump, and transmitting connections from thetraction wheel of the traveling structure to operate the pump,substantially as herein described.

3. In a Watering-cart, the combination of a traveling wheeled structure,a tank mounted thereon, a pump carried by said structure and having itsinlet arranged to remain in communication with extraneous body of water,a communication between said pump and tank, discharge pipes from thetank and power transmitting connections between the wheeled structureand the pump whereby the latter is operated, substantially as hereindescribed.

4. In a watering-cart, the combination of a wheeled structure, a tankfor water mounted thereon, a cross-beam at one end of said tank, apumping apparatus suspended from the end of the cross-beam, and havingits lower orinlet end arranged to remain in communication with anextraneous body of water, discharge pipes from the tank and powertransmitting connections between the wheeled structure and the pumpwhereby the latter is operated, substantially as herein described.

5. In a watering cart, the wheeled tank having the cross-beam at oneend, the casing with its lifting buckets and communicating with thetank, said casing having its lower end arranged to remain incommunication with an extraneous body of water, the eye-bolt and hailfreely suspending the casing from the end of the cross-beam, and thedetachable shaft J forming part of power transmitting connectionsbetween the wheels and the buckets of the casing, substantially asherein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HARRY E. FAIRMAN. Witnesses:

S. H. NOURSE, J. A. BAYLESS.

